Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-03
She Writes Of England and
English Customs.
YIetoFia's Reign Of Fifty Years ard her
Wonderful Subjects - EngIish Toll
ets are CorrHptlng.


one penny 10 one pound sterling. There
IL no doubt that large sum viii be tins
raised. What gill BE- done With IL and
what should be done with Il are. there
fore, important questions for seriOus
consideration.
The suggestion Of q penny s1bscrip
ton shows that the managers intend q
get all they can ffoso the poor; Sad vet,
~ the trustees of the funds are dukes.
lords, members Of Parliament and
bankers, u IL more than probable tina,
ths money will b. invested in s1methinp
that will plsass the upper class.
AZ the Eaglish aFe very fond 81
statues and mOnunents. there il danger
that this jubilee collection mas b.
wasted In this same way. and another
artistic failure added to the many that
already Disgrace this city. Look. for
example, ~ that memorial monument
10 Prince Albert, q huge pie Of stone
and mortar. on which Thousands 81
pounds have been expended without
producing q work which. In the opinion
Of sculptOrs and ether competent critics
has the slightest Value as an object Of
art. | might also cite that ugiy eqnes-
TRAN statue OF the D1ks Of Wellington
which, happily, has been removed from
its conspicuous position ut ths gate Of
Hyde Park, and seleRated a Aldefshot,
a warning 10 all ambitions officers ~
that station not 10 be too successful in
battle lest an unRFsteful ooontry should
reward them With statues equally bad.
Nov that have hinted Al what will
probably be done with the fund, / may
answer the second question as 10 what
ought TO be done with Il. I should sug.
Rest that AZ England is pre- eminentiy
Christian nation, given 10 var aud VIC
lsnoe, after the manner OF the ancient
Jews and like them supposed 10 be the
chosen Of The Lord, and ordered BY Him
W slay the PhilistiRes Of AfRhsnistan,
Zululand and sundFy other places, she
might with proprietY initiate also the
virtues OF the Jews and celebrate this
jubilee as they used 20 celebrate theirs
In the year of Rladness the Hebrews
set free their bOndamen, released their
debtors, secured tbs needy in possession
OF the laRd which they titled, aad Thus
At last rendered the homestead II the
lab0rer inviolable, his family safe aud
his life worth the living. The English
mans house Ia his castle" bat the
Irishman's house is Whst9 II is a thing
TO set FIRE to. aud 10 burn over ths heads
Of the helpless, the old aud the infirm,
in the name Of English Law and Enelish
justice! The impartial future historian
Of Great Britain will net omit 60 com
ment with 4 trsnohaut pen on the awful.
horrible, perhaps half incredible fact
that the legal inssndiarism AT Gleylhsi7h
occurred In Queen Victoria's jubilee
year.
What a grand opportunity this Chri,-
tian nation nov has 30 gladden. the
hearts Of its long oppressed irish sub
ieots by making this indeed year OF
jubilee for theml | should suggest.
therefore, that this fund be presented 20
Ireland, or, N given To the Qnseu. thai
she send II 90 the sister isle" that il
may do a little toward alternating the
suffering Of that persaouted people.
whose jubilee has been long waited for.
but has net yet come.
The Queen should send forth her
ediots az Moses did, deci4ring liberty
and peace throughout the land. 81.
should give OF her abundance TO the
starving. She should open the prison
doors to Irish patriots She should FOR
bid the eviction OF tenants oh hy their
labors have given their holdings All he
value they possess She should see that
blocks OF tenement houses are built in
London and IN all the manufacturing
towns, with the necessary sanitary
appliances, whore thnss who do the
work OF the world could find comfort
able shelter.
But the managers Of the Oueau's
iubileo, particularly the managers Of It's
funds, will never let the contributions
take the direction Of befriendipe
Ireland
Nevertheless. the Emerald Isle naaa
not regret, In one respect a. least that
the English nobility, as a elsss. are moi
their friends, for the moral caFrnptios
that exists In tue upper circles % Enc
lab society ia something appalling
Englishmen often make Themselves
quite merry over the easy divorce laws
OF the United States. white oap diseast
inc divorce oase after another comes mn
before the English oOnrts, aud IL report
cd At length IN all the Loudsn aud other
leading journals. The wife Of A man
Der OF Parli ment who dinad With me a |
short time ago, aud who knew parsou sliy |
all the parties connected With the recent /,
colin Campbell ease, gave me such an |
insight into L0nd~n high life" As 90 |
make me lose all hope % a regeneration |
OF the English upper Glasses. 80 LONG
As men and wOmen 81 wealth have moth /
in9 Go do bat 20 plst and plaa sncietv |
tntFt9ues, ~ long as women ase All their /
arts TO stir mems passions. We eannot /
lock for any improv sment.
The toilets Of Eaglish women are
absolutely corrpptinR 90 the yoane men
vha 80 into what IA called tha baat 1
society. Even children are surprised AZ /
the fashionable display Of arms and /
shoulders. The other evening a lady 1
came 90 oar dinaer table ia "full dress 81
My little granddaughter approached /
her slowly, and. after deliberately snr
yeyine the novel costume, sha remsrka8
with child's simplicity. WAY, VOC are
not dressed; SEE vOur skin" The ladv
8 little embarrassed. laughed, and asked
bat doesn't your mother wear Low
dresses "Oh, no. | answered Tor
she absent mother, in depreoAtipe
tone aud | am afraid thu va viii /
take cold from this expssare." Ana
our guest did keep ~ a slight cough All |
the evening. and VAS eyiaeatlv upcofu
Portable. Hat what IL discomfort. slck
ness or even death, - womsn who
worship AZ the shrise of fashioaY
never see a eirl With bare shoulders
without reealhng Oliver Wendell I
AANtNANH NNHtNA t'AA'fAA 81 At"NHNnF
er In bis story Of Elsie Veneer" Atsh.
tea table " MideN Romrnt, Rl4uehe
vas SEATED 60 her great aiseustF
between The old village & csoF aud thn
old village clergyman; While, qaits alo,f 1
from her, attractive Young gentlemen
we're chatsinS gNvly With other ladies 81 4
the party, Recovering her spirits by 4
degrees, she began Waving har
surfaces upou she two old doctors, ar~s 4
hesvinG up Der white and glariuc rIsh, .
shoulder O. the clergyman, aud shen
heaving ~ her white ard Elartur irfy .
shoulder g. she physician. The cltrsy- .
man Was stunned, tha physician amused. :
bat both Srrr tempted. aud the Ciri's i
manoeuVer WAS gliie lyp5csl of the D
tricks Gnd schemes. tie tfAas ana ]
snArrs vttch arr st 90 th- presaft fssb Z
ionshie sooicty ~ the uaora iegraye3 I
strata OF Eneltsh upper ctusg."
while ucyelists Rud phfss7-s--s
make sach fun 81 these Vulgar Fxr.,s
ures - personal charms. 70 * lament tl,l-
that Qaecn NlctoyiA herself rtqaIr-a sll /
ladies Who are prs~utcs al ooari A. /
thus pfacticAilv dauuda tA utaIvas !
have ALWAYS tells Indignant aud amused /
by sOrns at bearing yoaae Aueslssu
girl friend gaFrafa RaH $500 ...